Natural Selection Lab Part 1 & 2
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Science
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9th - 12th Grade
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Medium
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Kas Qualls
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4 Slides • 10 Questions
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Multiple Choice
When the simulation opens there is a single bunny with white fur.
Identify what options you have in the simulation to add other fur variations to the population.
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Multiple Select
Identify the two options that you can select for the brown fur color mutation in the simulation.
Select all that apply:
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Multiple Choice
Click the 'Add a Mate' button to start the simulation.
Let the simulation run for 3 to 4 generations and then click the pause button.
Describe what happens after each generation.
Hint: The generation counter is displayed by a pink circle at the top of the simulation. You can speed up the times to pass through generations by holding the fast forward button.
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Multiple Select
Explore the simulation to find the best way to count the number of bunnies in the environment.
Identify the strategy(ies) you found for counting large numbers of bunnies.
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Multiple Choice
Describe what happens to the bunny population in the simulation when you let the simulation play for 5 to 7 generations.
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Open Ended
This simulation is a model of the real world.
Predict whether you think it is possible for bunnies to "take over the world" in nature.
Explain your prediction.
(This is high school, we write in complete sentences in High School)
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Multiple Select
Identify two components in the simulation that you can select that might prevent the bunny population from taking over the world.
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Multiple Select
Select three observations from the simulation.
Hint: Look at the graph on the simulation.
How did the bunny population change for the first five generations?
How did the bunny population change in the 5 generations after the wolves were added?
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Open Ended
Explain the causes for the changes in the bunny population that you observed.
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Open Ended
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